A plumber made a grim discovery when he went to make his dinner (Picture: Deadline News)

There was something a bit fishy about one plumber’s scampi dinner – a rotting, dead mouse was lurking in it.

Mohammed Ali, 37, from Stoneyburn, West Lothian, was horrified to discover that what he’d unloaded into the deep fat fryer was not only seafood from a packet of scampi but a rotten rodent, too.

He saw something black and suspicious floating in the oil and fished it out – but now can’t face eating anything at all.

While health officials have begun an investigation and are analysing the mouse and the Tesco scampi packaging, Mr Ali said he has only drunk fruit juice since.

‘I thought “what the hell is that?” I fished it out and it was a mouse. I was shocked,’ Mr Ali said.

‘I was upset and angry. I was looking forward to scampi and I love scampi.’

He had bought the £3 packet from Tesco in Bathgate on Wednesday but has been on a liquid diet ever since.

Family members have also teased him, he said: ‘I went to my brother’s party later that day and as soon as I got in my brother was going, ‘Squeak! Squeak!”’

A West Lothian council spokesman said: ‘We have been contacted by a local resident regarding the alleged find of a mouse in a locally bought food product. Our environmental health officers are investigating.’